deadliest
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The death toll is on pace to be Venezuela’s deadliest in more than a century, surpassing the estimated 1,600 body count in the magnitude 6.7 Cumaná earthquake and tsunami of 1929.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026
Geological Survey warned the earthquakes had the potential to rank among the deadliest and costliest in the country’s history, projecting a death toll in the tens of thousands and billions of dollars in economic losses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
"What we've shown is that if space-time has this non-trivial topology, then it resolves one of the deadliest problems of the cosmological constant," said study co-author Stephon Alexander, a professor of physics at Brown.
From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026
Across Orlando and beyond, vigils, church services and private ceremonies have been held to honor the victims of one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
It was impossible to tell whether Torak’s father had been his best friend or his deadliest enemy.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
